Microsoft - Surface Pro 11 vs Xiaomi - Pad 6S Pro 12.4

The Surface Pro 11 edges ahead on the Mars Score (67.6 vs 63.2), but the 4.4-point gap is small enough that the right pick comes down to which spec advantages matter to you.

Pick the Surface Pro 11 if the display is what you stare at all day — refresh rate, brightness, or sharpness is where the difference will be most visible. The biggest gaps in its favor are storage, ram, screen size.

Pick the Pad 6S Pro 12.4 if the display is what you stare at all day — refresh rate, brightness, or sharpness is where the difference will be most visible. Its strongest claims are weight, refresh rate.

Both ship with comparable stylus support, peak brightness, so those specs don't separate the two — focus on the differences below.

Bottom line: there is no wrong answer here — match the spec advantages to how you actually use the product. The Mars Score parity tells you both are well-rounded; the differences are about trade-offs, not quality.